One of Tommie Jakes' weighing room colleagues has paid tribute to the jockey who was found dead at his home near Newmarket on Thursday at the age of 19, just hours after his final ride at Nottingham Racecourse View 3 Images Tommie Jakes died at the age of 19 (Image: PA)

Tommie Jakes has been remembered as a "lovely, polite young lad" who was "obviously in a bad place", by his weighing room colleagues. ‌

The 19-year-old apprentice jockey , who claimed 59 victories in three seasons on the Flat , was tragically found dead at his home near Newmarket on Thursday, just hours after his last race at Nottingham Racecourse. ‌

Suffolk Police released a statement saying: "Police were called by the ambulance service at 5.45am this morning to reports of the sudden death of a m

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